The team is trained in Advance Open Water Diving, Public
Safety Diving, dry suit, full facemask, underwater navigation, and search
and recovery. The Team is also training with Pittsburgh River Rescue.

The team consists of Members of the Wheeling Police
Department, Wheeling Fire Department, Ohio County Sheriffs Office, and the
Benwood Volunteer Fire Department. The team will be trained to respond to
incidents in the Tri-State area and will be capable of the following
functions:

Investigate underwater crime scenes and all associated
scenes in the immediate area to include scene evaluation, search,
recovery of evidence, and proper documentation and court presentation of
such scene analysis

Perform other waterborne missions as approved by the
Dive Team chain of command.

The team is governed by an executive committee consisting of
the Chiefs of each agency involved and the Ohio County EMA Director and is
under the command of Lt. Phil Redford of the Wheeling Police Department and
Capt. Mike Baker of the Wheeling Fire Department.

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